National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Astana or Shakhter Karagandy that keep their silverware dream alive.
Astana's stadium, Astana Arena, has a artifical turf surface. Shakhter Karagandy have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Shakhter Karagandy when playing on artifical turf; 4 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses from 14 matches. They have scored 21 goals in these games and conceded 25.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only three days ago.
Astana form and stats
Last season their Kazakhstan Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals against Kairat.Astana have performed here at Astana Arena this season with 6 wins from 8 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1.
The Astana boss Blagojević and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Zhetysu in the Kazakhstan Cup.
Before that, Astana had a Premier League home game versus Maqtaaral which ended with a victory 4-0.It's goals goals goals for Astana who have scored 25 goals from 8 league home games. Astana are not conceding a lot of goals here at Astana Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.
Shakhter Karagandy form and stats
Karagandy's mission in Kazakhstan Cup last season failed in the final.There's been little loot from Shakhter Karagandy's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the Premier League. Shakhter Karagandy only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
Shakhter Karagandy are travelling after their nice 4-2 home win in the game against Aksu. A bonkers game with an abundance of goals last time out for Shakhter Karagandy, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that match, will this fixture be as exciting? Which player has beaten the opponent goalie four games in a row for the away team? The answer is Murtazayev and that is impressive!
The attacking power of Karagandy when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. As for defending, Shakhter Karagandy rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Astana-Shakhter Karagandy H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Astana four wins, Shakhter Karagandy five wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Tomasov 9 goals |  P. Pina Eugénio 8 goals |  R. Vloet 5 goals |
Astana missing players
Shakhter Karagandy missing players
| Astana | Shakhter Karagandy | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 45 | 33 | Scored | S | 14 | 47 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 22 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10.1 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 8.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 43% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 46% | ||
| 7.7 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 9 | ||
| 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shakhter Karagandy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Astana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Zhetysu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Arys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Aktobe | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 2 | Astana | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 27 |
| 3 | Ordabasy | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Tobol | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Taraz | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Kairat | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 7 | Kaspiy | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 8 | Atyrau | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Shakhter Karagandy | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | Aksu | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | -9 | 17 |
| 11 | Arys | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 13 | Akzhayik | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 12 |
| 14 | Maqtaaral | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -16 | 10 |
